• Russia to pay off its debt to Bulgaria by the end of 2004
• Minister Kuneva made a visit to Finland
• Bulgaria took over the current CEFTA presidency
• Vice President Angel Marin received a delegation of the National Council of the Bulgarian Community in Serbia and Montenegro
• The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) made a three-day visit to Bulgaria
• Bulgaria ratified the Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
• The Bulgarian President met with a delegation of the American Jewish Committee
• UNDP presented the National Human Development Report 2003
• The Government adopted a 2004 Action Plan for acceleration of Bulgaria’s integration in the EU
• President Parvanov met with the Charge d’affaires of the Iraqi Embassy in Bulgaria
• Government proposed to Parliament to ratify the NATO Treaty
• An agreement establishing a Bulgarian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Bodo Hombach voiced readiness to cooperate for overcoming the problems in the implementation of infrastructure projects important for Bulgaria
• Political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and Iran
• President Parvanov expects that the European Commission will strictly follow its principle of assessing each individual country according to its own progress
• WHO marks the Day of Bulgaria, the Organization to grant 356 000 US dollars for healthcare
• President Georgi Parvanov received India’s Minister for Disinvestment, Communications and Information Technology
• EC proposed the financial framework for our country. Bulgaria will receive EUR 4,245 billion for the period 2007–2009
• Minister Solomon Passy held talks with Dr. Erhard Busek
• Japanese professors to train Bulgarian entrepreneurs
• Deputy-Minister Ivan Petkov had a working lunch with the ambassadors of the Asian countries to Bulgaria
• Bulgaria is becoming an ever more attractive place for the foreign investments
• Bulgaria can realistically sign its Accession Treaty in early 2005 and become an EU member in 2007
• In 2003 the foreign trade exchange has increased with 33%, Bulgaria’s key trade partners are Italy, Germany and Greece
• Bulgaria’s contribution to NATO as Alliance’s full member will be some EUR 2,22 M
• An Application Form for Co-Financing under the ISPA Program was submitted by the Ministry of Finance to the European Commission
• Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha acclaimed the launch of the Oxford Business Group edition – Emerging Bulgaria 2004
• The number of European tourists visiting Bulgaria in 2003 has marked an increase of 25%
• Bulgaria and Belgium to cooperate in the field of social security
• Vice President Angel Marin discussed with UNDP Resident Representative to Bulgaria Neil Buhne the National Human Development Report
• Sixth Annual Anticorruption Policy Forum
• Vice President Angel Marin received the Deputy Chairman of the Odessa State Administration Anton Kisse
• A session of the Inter-Agency Commission on Francophony was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Minister of Interior Georgi Petkanov visited Germany at the invitation of his Bavarian counterpart
• Trade exchange between Bulgaria and Croatia marks 154% growth
• Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg-Gotha met with the newly-appointed Ambassador of Canada to Bulgaria H.E. Mr. Franco Pillarella
• Bulgaria to receive some 73 M EUR from Greece for its healthcare
• Bulgaria and Belgium will exchange interns
• Minister Kuneva made a visit to Hungary
• Meeting of Minister Passy with Ambassador Ricketts, UK Permanent Representative to NATO
• The Bulgarian Minister of Health Slavcho Bogoev took part in the Dublin AIDS Conference
• 60% of the Bulgarian businesses boast trade exchange activities with the EU
• The Council of European Integration will draft an agenda for synchronizing the Bulgarian legislation with the European Law
• The establishment of a fiscal investigation service is a priority of the Ministry of Finance, it transpired at an international seminar
• The Economist Conferences organized in Sofia a business roundtable
• Mehmed Dikme signed the one thousandth project under the SAPARD programme
• Bulgaria offers new tourist products in Japan
• Bulgaria and Armenia signed a protocol for cooperation
• President Parvanov supported an education project of the British organization Edexcel and Lifetime Knowledge Foundation
• The Bulgarian Head of State received the European Investment Fund Chief Executive Francis Carpenter
• Round table entitled “Diplomacy and Policy on the Eve of the Presidential Elections in Russia”
• Bulgarian citizens will be able to work in Lombardia region
• The Government defined the position of our country in its negotiations with the European Commission for additional trade liberalization
• Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: Let us now turn over a new page on the Balkans, allowing peace, political stability and economic development to gain ground
• UN Economic Commission for Europe presented its annual economic survey
• Bulgaria ratified the Protocol on the Amendments to the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism
• Georgi Parvanov bowed before the portrait of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski

International Monetary Fund

• The fourth review for Bulgaria under the two-year agreement with IMF has been concluded

Ecology

• Activists of the Green Balkans Association carried out a watch of the birds along the Maritza River in Plovdiv on the occasion of February 2 – the World Day of Wet Areas
• The memorandum on joint actions in the field of environmental education and education for sustainable development was officially signed
• Bulgaria to receive over EUR 118 M under the ISPA and the SAPARD programmes
• Minister Arsenova attended the High Level Segment of the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Malaysia
• Experts discussed Bulgaria’s readiness to participate in the Global Environmental Management